How designing platform navigation is like building a dream home

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This post details the iterative process of redesigning GitLab's platform navigation. It outlines the design themes (minimize overwhelm, orient users, ease of pickup), the exploration of five visual concepts, and user testing to evaluate different layouts. The 'Super Sidebar' was chosen over 'Element Reswizzle' based on user testing. The post also describes the planning and foundational work for the redesign, including adding critical contexts like 'your work', groups, and projects, and iterating on UI elements like the context switcher based on user feedback.